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General anaesthesia with aerosol box during COVID pandemic

Prospective Study of Intubation Outcomes using the Aerosol Box during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/07/026610
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-07-15
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-17

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: C00-D49- Neoplasms

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Cancer Institute WIA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Age: Patients of both sexes greater than or equal to 18 yrs of age 2.Patients receiving suxamethonium or rocuronium (if allergic to suxamethonium or contraindication to suxamethonium) will be included. 3.Intubations performed by anaesthesiologists who have � 3 years clinical experience following their training will be considered for the study. 4.Anaesthesiologists will use the conventional Macintosh Laryngoscope or the C-Mac Video Laryngoscope depending upon the availability and comfort.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients requiring awake fiberoptic guided intubation. 2.Patients who cannot fit within the aerosol box due to their body habitus. 3.Patients who are undergoing emergency surgery and are at risk for gastric aspiration. 4.Patients requiring double lumen tube (DLT) insertion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Time to intubation- defined as time from when the laryngoscope blade passes between the patients lips until the first upstroke of the capnograph traceTimepoint: 24 hours

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1.Airway manipulation time 2.The number of attempts made to intubate. 3.First pass success rate 4.Fall in saturation during the period of intubation to SpO2� 90%. 5.Failure to intubate using aerosol boxTimepoint: 24 hours

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMeenakshi V V

Cancer Institute, Adyar, Chennai.

meenaram99@yahoo.com9940370735

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026